Here's how to protect yourself from DDoS attacks in CS: GO

skins cs go will support a new means of connecting clients with the game server, called Steam datagram relay (SDR). This is designed to optimise connection speeds and - notably - protect against denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.

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Under the new relay protocol, instead of talking directly with the game server, your client will instead talk to it through one of several relays, automatically selecting the one that theoretically provides the best connection speed.